In only seven years, the owner of Jamaican Kitchen has opened locations in Vernon, Windsor Locks, Bristol and Rocky Hill. On Friday, the fast-growing restaurant opened its fifth location in South ...

VERNON, Conn. (WFSB) - A Vernon restaurant owner is serving up some tasty jams in more ways than one. We’re inside the original Jamaican Kitchen.

Nigel Spence is a pioneer of sorts. He opened his restaurant, Ripe Kitchen, 14 years ago on Mount Vernon's Sanford Boulevard West, bringing sit-down island food and some diversity to the area.